Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district, in the south of the island. This is a favorite tourist resort that is famous for its Beautiful beach and corals . And this suburb of a large and lively city of Galle - Unawatuna is located about 5 kilometers southeast of the center of Galle and about 108 kilometers south of Colombo.
The description of this beach town in Ramayan, the Ancient Indian epic on Sanskrit, sounds like this (sorry for a little curve translation): "The shore is littered with thousands of trees and Coconutal palm , along the coast you can see a strip of houses and huts, in which people and higher creatures live - Gandharvi, Siddhi and ascetics, flutter countlessly of the most beautiful heavenly nymph; Sometimes the celestial creatures, gods and demons are descended to the ground. It is very nice written - and, at least, what concerns nature, is distincted completely.
By the way, and the town of the town also got from the epic. In these fairy tales, the warrior warrior was sent to India to bring healing herbs from the Himalayas to heal the wounded in the battle of Lakshman, who tried to save the stolen king of demons Ravana Princess Situ. However, Hanuman could not recognize which herbs he needs to rip in the mountains, so I decided to immediately break the whole mountain and bring her to Sri Lanka. But in the way a piece of rock fell off - just in the place where Unawatuna is located today. That's the name of the coastal village comes from "Una-Watuna", which means approximately "fell down".
Unawatuna is rich in Flora and Fauna . Unfortunately, Eco-tourism in these parts lost one of the places to study - the Mangrove Forests of Cadolan, which were partially broken, as these lands were needed for the construction of a hotel chain. Many locals believe that these buildings were cursed only for being built in this place. In the area of Unawatuna, more than sixty species of endemic birds were noticed, including cracked, herds, wanders and wintering, as well as even more rare species. The coast of the town has huge forests of coral reefs, Sunken ships , fish and turtles, calmly floating in this whole beauty - big yellow striped fish, flocks of fry, sea hedgehogs, corals, Mauren ... It is a pity that there is a threat over coral reefs due to the possible development of the port.
Turtles By the way, often crawl on the beach of the town to postpone the eggs, however, their peace is disturbed by tourists who dine in the beach restaurants in the evening or go to the stars (and turtles will nest, usually, in the dark). And so, freely living turtles are satisfied and full, all thanks to the annoying and not stopped feeding these animals to tourists (their turtles are no longer afraid, allow themselves to stroke and touch).
By the way, in the city there is and Incubator for turtles - It is located on the road Matara Road, to the side of Habaraduva (about 3 kilometers east of Unawatuna). A variety of tourists who spell in different languages come to the town, but still separately for Russians on the farm they wrote that the turtles cannot be touched. Right, better to warn in advance! By the way, for a fee, tourists are offered to release recently hatched turtles on the will.
It is worth noting that the last years of active human activity in a degree were destroyed by some eco-systems, and the breakwater broke the natural flow of water and partially destroyed a beautiful coral reef. But everything is not so sad, and you have a wonderful chance to admire the "remaining beauties". No, however, it is an exaggeration. No, these are not remnants - this environmentalists exaggerate. For a regular tourist, Unawatuna is a pretty fishing village with an excellent sandy beach and palm groves. By the way, at least, while the beach of the resort is included in the top 10 of the best all over the world (there is such information, but I do not know how relevant and truthful are they). Stones, white sand - a wonderful combination, pleases the eye. There are a bunch Dive centers (Naturally, after all, the underwater world is good). After the hikkadva (located 20 minutes from the Unavatuna to the West), the beach of this resort seems small, even miniature. Water here is calm thanks to the breakwaters, you can quietly swim, including with kids. It is generally very good with the younger generation, by the way.
Is there any sights in Unawatun? Of course, there is. But little. Home - that's Japanese Mira Pagoda . There is this snow-white pagoda a 15-minute walk from the center of Unawatuna. At the entrance to the temple there is a statue depicting Hanuman (well, he himself, about which at the beginning of the article wrote), with a piece of mountains in his hands. Visit the temple is also for the sake of Pagoda itself, and for the sake of appearance on the ocean and Fort Galle, which opens with a high point.
Housing options in Unawatuna is fully, but among them There are no high complexes . And to a greater extent, tourists in the city are independent active tourists who often arrive for a month and more. But there are sloths that are thirsting "Ol-inclusive" and the rest of the pool (as possible?!). Young people choose old good Gasthauses , Sich in Unawatuna are full - simple, single-two-storey, with a small garden.
In Unawatuna cute and hot; As it should be, in Unawatun there is its colorful fish market. And here there is any night life . During the day on the beach, cocktail parties advertise - you can assess the situation. True, the parties are rather sluggish, but if desired, you can take off. Although in ordinary cafes of Unavatuna, by 9 pm, there is often no almost no one. It is not clear where everyone goes - whether to sleep, whether some secret places know where you can still have fun.
Local residents of Unavatuna are very benevolent, as well as all the island, in general. To girls, lonely sitting on the beach, will certainly run up a tanned boy with banal questions. If there is no desire to communicate, you can immediately answer, they say, there is a husband. Local constantly "shoot" cigarettes, because here they cost an expensive (you can, by the way, you can successfully switch discounts on the market and somewhere else). Local as a whole - the people are good, but you quickly make sure that all sorts are found on the beach. By the way, many try, the Russian language is taught - it's nice. Here is such a thing - a cute heart is a little paradise!
